For the first time in Ravens history, Ozzie Newsome won't run the team's draft room this year. But his picks have been essential to the team's identity, and his counsel will continue to inform the moves of current general manager Eric DeCosta.
The lack of leadership heading into the 2019 season is a topic of discussion for the Ravens, but it shouldn’t be a major problem, thanks in part to the signing of six-time Pro Bowl safety Earl Thomas.
Ever since the Ravens moved to Baltimore from Cleveland in 1996, Eric DeCosta has been in the shadows of either head coaches or general managers. Now, it’s his time to step into the spotlight and under the microscope.
The Browns appear to have loaded up for the 2019 season with their own dream team, but if there is one franchise that could turn this into a nightmare, it’s Cleveland.
Maybe no player in Ravens history symbolized the toughness of the organization more than former defensive tackle Haloti Ngata, who announced his retirement Monday after 13 seasons in the NFL, including nine in Baltimore.
With the loss of C.J. Mosley, Terrell Suggs and others, the Ravens will have to rebuild their defense in a hurry and Baltimore will have to brace for a serious star-power shortage from both of its major professional teams.
Outside linebacker Terrell Suggs’ best chance of returning to the Ravens might have ended when Ozzie Newsome stepped down as general manager this offseason and was replaced by Eric DeCosta.
There was a wave of purple optimism throughout the stadium in the team’s final regular season win against Cleveland and sellout crowd for the wild-card game against the Chargers.
"Honestly, HBCU football has so much talent,” Randallstown resident and Morgan State football player Joshua said at the NFL scouting combine, referring to historically black colleges and universities
Joshua Miles is the type of player everyone will root for this week at the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis. He is a Randallstown native who played at Western Tech High in Baltimore County and later at Morgan State University.
Shortly after the Ravens lost to the Los Angeles Chargers in the AFC wild-card round, head coach John Harbaugh gave Joe Flacco the ultimate compliment when he called him the best quarterback in Ravens history.
Ed Reed left a unique mark on the Ravens and the NFL in his 12 years as a big-play safety. On Saturday, Reed could become the third homegrown Raven, after Jonathan Ogden and Ray Lewis, to make the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.
Lamar Jackson has long admired New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. "I want to bring the Super Bowl here," the young Raven said. "I want to be the [Tom] Brady [of Baltimore]. I want to be the Brady. Bring multiple, if I could."
From Lamar Jackson's difficult day to the indelible legacies of Joe Flacco and Ozzie Newsome, here are five things we learned from the Ravens' 23-17 playoff loss to the Los Angeles Chargers.
A rushing offense that gashed the Los Angeles Chargers for 159 yards in the first meeting was held to 90 in Sunday’s 23-17 loss in an AFC wild-card-round playoff game.
When the Ravens clinched their first playoff berth in four years, the game ball went to an understated 62-year-old who's about to leave his job of 23 years. That man, Ozzie Newsome, is widely admired as the chief architect of the organization.
Only 11 players remain from the last Ravens team that made the playoffs in 2014. Those survivors are counseling younger teammates to cherish the opportunity as they prepare to play the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday.
Outside linebacker Terrell Suggs said, “We’ll cross every bridge when it comes to” making a decision on whether his 16-year career is drawing to a close.
The announcement that John Harbaugh will be back as Ravens head coach came at 7 p.m. and apparently caught a number of coaches and team officials off guard. Maybe it would have been better if owner Steve Bisciotti would have tweeted it out.
A controversial ban from a youth football league in Carroll County slowed the Reisterstown Mustangs, but did not prevent them from competing in the World Youth Championship in Canton, Ohio, this weekend.
Cornerback Marlon Humphrey ensured that the Ravens would not suffer another last-minute, heartbreaking loss to the Cincinnati Bengals by preventing a fourth-down conversion late in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s 24-21 win.
